CHUBBY BRIDGERS

A service to remember Chubby will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul United Methodist Church, with the Rev. James Harry and the Rev. Beth Grice officiating. A private interment for the family will be at Willow Dale Cemetery.

Chubby was born in Wayne County Feb. 28, 1927, to the late John Kennedy Bridgers and Katherine Metz Bridgers.

He was a graduate of Goldsboro High School and attended Duke University on a football scholarship.

Mr. Bridgers and his wife founded the Cloth Barn in 1956.

Chubby served the city of Goldsboro as an alderman and was a retired building contractor in Goldsboro. He was a dealer of world champion horses and enjoyed restoring old cars. His car business was known as Chub's Classic Cars.

He served his country during World War II in the United States Marine Corps.